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Mar 31, 10 at 7:36amkspiess

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Apr 02, 10 at 2:01am

hiigaran

i doubt its a simple lock. the eyefinity came out after the rest. would have been interesting though - im sure a diy project would appear on the net showing how to unlock it and solder several display ports onto your card.

Apr 02, 10 at 1:29am

kspiess

I'm sorry, should been more clear in the review. The only difference between the Eyefinity 6 and a regular HD 5870 is a) has double the memory b) is capable of handling an additional 3 displays. (This might even be just a matter of this ability being locked in the non-Eyefinity 6 models.)

Apr 02, 10 at 1:07am

hiigaran

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I also didn't overclock it because it would overclock the same as other HD 5870's , so did not thing it was important. Perhaps I should of noted that.

makes sense. i just thought that because there was a difference in temperature, no matter how small, that there must have been something slightly different about the processor.

Apr 02, 10 at 1:03am

kspiess

hiigaran -=> First question: the HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 has the same gpu as the any other HD 5870, it just has an extra control chip which allows for handling more displays. The HD 5870 and Eyefinity 6 in my testing are doing the same work pretty much, just the Eyefinity 6 GPU is outputting to 6 displays opposed to 1 (the same amount of data , just one is split in 6 ways, one is not) . The one degree of temperature difference isn't really anything that's a big deal in my mind; one degree isn't much; the room might have been slightly colder or whatever.

I also didn't overclock it because it would overclock the same as other HD 5870's , so did not thing it was important. Perhaps I should of noted that.

bomber- > Thanks for pointing those out. Generally speaking, the adapters are 20 bucks, it is great to be able to search around and find them cheaper. 5 bucks is a much more reasonable price.